Patents by Inventor Makoto Shino

Makoto Shino has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4194587
    Abstract: An arrangement for indicator meters for automobiles, in which a speed meter and a tachometer are coaxially arranged in a front-and-back positional relationship in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle body so that they may be more readily observed with the least movement of eyes as well as from one and same direction. Also disclosed is an arrangement for the warning indicator devices, in which such warning indicators as turning directions, operating conditions of brakes, dynamo, and so forth are arranged in vacant space around dial plates for the speed meter and tachometer, and such warning indicator devices are accommodated in a cavity formed on the top raised portion of a steering handle column cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Shino, Sadao Makiguchi, Hajime Matsumoto, Katsusuke Komuro, Kazuhiro Iwai, Yoshikazu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 3955642
    Abstract: A vehicle having a hollow body opening at the bottom and adapted to be drawn under suction against the surface over which the vehicle travels. It can travel stably over any surface such as a wall surface, a slope surface or a ceiling surface not to say of a floor surface and can serve a wide variety of purposes including amusements and transportation purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Inventors: Makoto Shino, Mitsuo Saito